One of the best examples of Fletcher Henderson's arranging skills. Goodman loved Henderson's arrangements. Great example of the call and response that was a trademark of Henderson's style. And again, Bunny Berigan on trumpet. He's also on Sometimes I'm Happy and Blue Skies, two other great Henderson charts.

The title of this CD, Birth of Swing, is an invitation for all kinds of heated arguments as to who and what constituted the birth of swing. Anyway, for some reason RCA didn't follow up this chronological release of Goodman's 1935-36 recordings with a 1937-39 sequel. Strange.